"These revolutionary images of the sun demonstrate the key aspects of Nasa's sounding rocket program, namely the training of the next generation of principal investigators, the development of new space technologies, and scientific advancements," said Barbara Giles, director for Nasa's Heliophysics Division.

Nasa's Hi-Res Sun Images

Nasa's Hi-Res Sun Images

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Hi-C Views the Solar Corona

NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the sun's corona in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength. The innovative telescope, launched on a sounding rocket at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico July 11, 2012, focused on a large active region on the sun.